Lee DeRaud
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In order... 1. Unlikely, but I'll try whitelisting the file type, Don't need the computer wasting time scanning it in any case. 2. They're just...

Possibly a pause to cooldown one or both of the USB drives, but nothing relevant shows in the logs and no error messages showing anywhere. Anybody...

I'd blanked that instance out of my mind. :) A friend had her kitchen remodeled a few years back, and insisted on that "feature. It was not a...

Sounds like both cases involve climates that get freezing air temps but not deep frostlines...come to think of it, my living places have tended to...

Ok, maybe I've lived in SoCal too long, but I'm having problems visualizing why there would be hot water lines under a slab foundation in the first...

Might be different where you guys are, but the Habitat place near me is incredibly fussy about what they'll take as donations. It might just be a...

Heh. That reminded me of this, from the early days of the pandemic:

Well, that worked last night. Thanks. :) You'd think, looking at that setting, that the map cues would come over the car stereo just as calls do,...

Not sure how the car can lock out the phone, short of jamming the signal. I always assumed the phone detected motion above a certain speed and/or the...

We'll try that, but it's kind of a last-resort option: Murphy's Law says that the situations where she's going somewhere she needs directions, she'll...

I always thought the best example of that was cruise control. At some point (late-1980s?), the emission-control systems pretty much required...

That's Reggie: Corgi-Cocker mix, coming up on 10 years old in June. He somehow manages to crawl into my lap from very odd angles. :)

I type too damn slow, but I have an excuse:

I don't know how common it is, but Honda, and at least one other mentioned in this thread, has a mechanical key embedded in the fob. Besides working...

Well, as has been pointed out several times, there's a hellacious dealer markup, with cheaper non-dealer alternatives. But your $800 number is almost...

The things I like most about it are (1) it's almost impossible to lose my "key" while I'm out and about and (2) it's virtually impossible to lock it...

Not quite the same thing, but a 'Jeopardy' question last night involved using iron and wood to produce wootz, a form of steel similar to Damascus...

Then again, based on some of the things you've said here about smartphones and new computers, you'd probably get more use out of the keyfob. :)

Just FYI, you might need to wait until you have DMV paperwork (title/registration) with your name on it. The locksmith I used wouldn't do it just...

Sounds like your dealer is charging full MSRP for the part and a full hour of labor...same as it ever was. Check with a reputable automotive...

Oh yeah, it takes a Porsche-specific service computer that they protect like nuclear codes. There are aftermarket equivalents, but they can't do...

The Boxster worked like that: they had to erase all the programmed fobs and then add both the old and the new one. But again, it was the car getting...

Maybe it's changed in recent years (or for some specific brands), but it's always been my impression that it's the car's entry system that is...

If it's anything like the Honda system, there's not a whole lot more circuitry inside than the normal lock/unlock remote fob: all the fancy stuff is...

That's about what the dealer quoted us for the aforementioned Soul. The local locksmiths were much lower, only took them about 20 minutes to cut the...

$175 for SWMBO's 2019 Kia Soul was my last dip into that pool. Pretty cheap compared to the $400+ for the Boxster key/fob I got back in 2011....

Eh? Out-fielders pitching and a tired pitcher in the outfield...I'm not clear how having triple-digit run totals will speed anything up.

Any rationale for that? It makes about as much sense as the NFL allowing 12 men on defense in the AFC but not in the NFC, or the NBA using different...